“Leave your Leaves!” This Fall, try mulching your leaves at home

Did you know that one of sustainability’s best practices is to “leave leaves alone”?

In the fall, when autumn brings a chill to the air, and Salt Lake’s oaks and elms and other deciduous trees drop their leaves, many of us turn on the blowers, haul out the rakes, and get ready for some serious work.

But—have you considered an alternative? Using some or all of your leaves to mulch your yard or garden?

We’d like to invite you to do just that.

Feeding leaves back into your soil is a cost-effective and natural way to enrich your yard, as well as to protect fall plants and vegetables from the cold.

Curious? Here are some tips for making the most of our autumnal deluge:

Compost leaves in your backyard (Leaves are a great building block for homemade fertilizer)